Hat-display holder.



OKJUSTUS.

HAT DISPLAY HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1909.

Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

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UNITED s'rATiIS OFFICE.

OCEE JUSTUS, OF CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

HAT-DISPLAY HOLDER.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, Oonn Jns'rus, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Clarkeburg, in the county of Harrison and State of lVestVirginia, have invented a new and useful Hat-Display Holder, of whichthe following is a specification,

The objects of the invention are, generally, the provision in amerchantable form of a device of the class above-mentioned which shallbe inexpensive to manufacture, facile in operation, and devoid ofcomplicated parts; specifically, the provision in cluding resilientarms, upwardly flaring, and adapted to be brought into close rela tion,the arms being so constructed as to be retained in place, whencontracted or brought into close relation, by inclosing members orclamps, whereby such contraction of the arms is effected; other andfurther objects being made manifest hereinafter as the description ofthe invention progresses.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement ofparts hereinafter described, delineated in the aceom panying drawings,and particularly pointed out in that portion of this instrument whereinpatentable novelty is claimed for certain distinctive features of thedevice, it. being understood, that, within the scope of what hereinafterthus is claimed, divers changes in the form, proportions, size, andminor details of the structure may be made, without do arting from thespirit or sacrificing an o the advantages of the invention.

imilar numerals of reference are employed to denote corresponding partsthroughout the several figures of the draw- %ii the accompanyingdrawings Figure 1 shows my invention in perspective, the arms standingin their normal positions; Fig. 2 is a top lan of the device, the armsbeing brought 1nto close relation; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of thedevice, the arms being in the osition shown in Fig. 2, and portionsbeing broken awa r The invention inclu es, primarily, a series ofresilient arms, whlch, in the accompanying drawings, are denotedgenerally the numeral 1. These arms 1 are prefera 1y fashioned fromresilient wire, their lower extremities being brought into parallel,close relation as denoted by the numeral. 2 and inolosed and.boundtogether by means Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 9, 1$ )0B.

Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

Serial No. 611,975.

{ of a tube 3, into the upper extremity of which, the portions 2 of thearms are intro duced, the portions 2 extending but part way through thetube 3, so that the lower portion thereof may be left open to slip overa standard 4 of any construction, which, if desired, may rise from asupporting base 8. Above the tubular member 3, the arms are outbent asdenoted by the nu moral 5, to prevent the said arms from entermg too farinto the tubular member 3. Above the outbent portions 5, the arms arecarried toward each other as denoted by the numeral 6, and bent uponthemselves to form outstanding coils 7, whereby the resiliency of thearms may be enhanced. Above the portions 7, the arms are substantiallystraight as denoted by the numeral 9, these Above the portions 9, thearms are outbent, substantially at right angles to the portions 9, toform base members 10, which, when the arms are brought into closerelation at their upper extremities, by means to be describedhereinafter, lie in a common plane, substantially normal to the portions9 of the arms, and parallel with the lower face of the member 8. Attheir extremities the base members 10 are upbent to form grippingfingers 14, standing substantially normal to the plane defined by themembers 10, as shown in Fig. 3. These gripping fingers 14 are terminallybent to form laterally extending heads 15, which, as shown in Fig. 2,are bent to define portions of a circular arc: Adjacent the baseportions 10, the members 9 are bent outwardly to form shoulders 11,defining seats 12 between the said shoulders and the ortions 10 of thearms. A clamp is slidab y mounted upon the arms, and in the presentinstance, this clamp is shown in the form of a ring 16 which is adaptedto be slid upwardly upon the arms to hold the same in close relation,the seats 12 being adapted to receive the ring 16 to hold the arms inclose relation as above described. There may be any number of the arms1, but, in the present instance I have shown but 3 of them, this numberbeing suflicient to effect the functions hereinafter attributed to thedevice.

My invention may be variously employed: as shown in Fig. 1, the ring 16may be allowed to rest upon the coils 7 the heads 15 in such case, owingto the resiliency of the arms, being adapted to engage the interiorportions 9 flaring, as they extend upwardly.

of a hat crown. It is obvious, that, when it is desired to display theinterior of a hat crown or the lower face of the brim, the crown may beinserted within the members 14 and 15 to rest upon the base members 10,the arms in such case being made to engage the hat crown by sliding thering 16 upwardly, to the desired extent.

It is obvious that devices of the class to which m invent-ionappertains, are more or less cum ersome in form, notably when disposedin the position shown in Fig. 1.. In order that the device may bedisposed in the smallest possible compass for storage or for shipping,the seats 12 are provided, the same being adapted to hold the ring 16 inposition adjacent the base members 10, the ring 16, in the absence ofthe shoulders 11 which define the seats 12, tending, owing to theformation and the resiliency of the arms. to slip away from the positionshown in Fig. 8, to assume ultimately, the position shown in Fig. 1. Itis obvious that. the device is capable of a wide application, even inthe absence of the shoulders 11, but I regard them as a useful adjunctto the device I do not contemplate that the tube 3 shall be rigidlyassembled with the standard 4, my intention being that the device,termi. nating anteriorly in the tube 3, may be mounted upon standardsalready in use, and, likewise, transposed from standard to standard,when the standards themselves are fixed in position in a showcase,window or the like.

Owing to the fact that the base members 10 may be brought into a commonhorizontal plane and there retained, as shown in Fig. 3, by means of thering 16, the same engaging the shoulders 11, the device may b employedas a stand to support a flower 130' or other like article, which restingupon th base members 10, will be prevented from slipping off by means ofthe upstanding lingers 14 and the heads 15, the members 14 and 15exercising their gripping function, or not, depending upon the diameterof the article which is superposed upon the base members 10.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is A device of the class described comprisinga plurality of resilient arms secured together at their lower ends, eacharm comprising an inner and an outer portion dis posed upright insubstantial parallelism with respect to each other, the adjacent ends ofsaid portions being connected by a part disposed at right angles to bothof said portions, there being upright, looped sha ied heads at the endsof the outer portions; there being shoulders upon the inner portions,located adjacent the rectangularly disposed parts; and a ring slidableupon the inner portions and arranged to be engaged between the shouldersand the rectangularly disposed parts, to hold the said )arts in a commonplane to constitute a plat orm upon which an article may be restedagainst tilting.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own. I have hereto ailixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

OCEE JUSTUS.

Witnesses E. B. HARDnsTY, M. HANsrom).

